pah'din

Updated: May 13, 2025

"Wa'al, next mornin'," David resumed, "I got up an' shaved an' dressed, an' set 'round waitin' fer the breakfust bell to ring till nigh on to half-past nine o'clock. Bom-by the' came a knock at the door, an' I says, 'Come in, an' in come one o' them fellers. 'Beg pah'din, sir, he says. 'Did you ring, sir? "'No, I says, 'I didn't ring. I was waitin' to hear the bell.

Edward Noyes Westcott - David Harum: A Story of American Life